Shin-Wa (myth, legend - Hiroshi Ohguri) / Royal Symphonic Winds Orpheus Tilburg - Hardy Mertens

09-11-2024 European premiere performance @ Cpunt Theater Hoofddorp (NL).
Footage courtesy of Gert-Jan Remmers Film Productions Tilburg.
Royal Symphonic Winds Orpheus participated in the concert competition within the MNHU/ZHBM Federation.
The performance of “Shin-Wa” was judged with 95.5 out of 100 points,1st prize with distinction and overall winner.
In Japanese mythology, the male deity Izanagi and female deity Izanami create the islands and environs of Japan, an act that the Kojiki, compiled in 712, describes as kuniumi, or “birth of the land.”
The divine couple, standing atop a floating bridge spanning the heavens, first stir the churning brine below with a jeweled spear, from the tip of which fall droplets that form an island.
They descend to the island and wed, after which they form the other islands of the Japanese archipelago along with the mountains, rivers, plants, and other aspects of the natural world.
This task complete, Izanami gives birth to several children.
However, in bringing forth the fire deity Kagutsuchi, she is badly burned and dies.
She descends to the land of Yomi, and Izanagi travels there in an attempt to return his bride to the world of the living.
Failing in this, he ritually purifies himself, during which he washes his face and brings forth “three noble children”: Amaterasu from his left eye, Tsukuyomi from his right eye, and Susanoo from his nose.
Amano-Iwato ("heaven's rock cave") is a cave in Japanese mythology.
According to the Kojiki the bad behavior of Susanoo, the Japanese god of storms, drove his sister Amaterasu into the Amano-Iwato cave.
The land was thus deprived of light.
In order to get Amaterasu out of the cave, the other gods threw a party outside.
The goddess Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto performed an obscene dance, eliciting laughter.
Amaterasu grew curious about the source of amusement and peeked out of the cave entrance.
She became fascinated by her own reflection in the mirror which the other gods had crafted and hung before the cave for that purpose, and stood transfixed.
The god Ame-no-Tajikarao then forced the cave open and the world was bathed in light once again.
As Amaterasu stepped out of the cave, a holy seal was applied to it so that she could never go back into hiding.
related music by Hardy Mertens:
Demons' Dance • Demons' Dance (Live) (live)
Susanoodles • Susanoodles (studio)